Nagano Prefecture・Chikuma City
The To-nin Festival of Takemizuwake Shrine
An old-style Chikuma festival featuring offerings of rice cakes made from newly harvested grain and a procession of to-nin
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Shiga Prefecture・Maibara City
Asahi Hōnen Taiko Odori
A traditional Maibara performing art with pounding drums and prayers for rain
Shiga Prefecture・Koka City
Abira Taiko Odori
A devotional dance passed down in Abira, led by conch shells and drums
Hyogo Prefecture・Shinonsen Town, Kami Town
Tajima's Kirin Shishi-mai
A traditional Tajima performance featuring a kirin head and resonant music
Tottori Prefecture・Tottori City
Koshiji Rain-Calling Dance
A traditional performing art in Koshiji, carrying prayers for rain and gratitude through dance
Fukuoka Prefecture・Asakura City, Toho Village
Miyaza rites of Chikuzen Asakura
An autumn festival that carries Asakura’s harvest forward through the miyaza and its procession
Miyazaki Prefecture・Takanabe Town, Kijo Town, Kawaminami Town, Tsuno Town, Shintomi Town, Misato Town
Takanabe Kagura
Solemn and varied night kagura, passed down through the six shrines of the former Takanabe Domain
Okinawa Prefecture・Ishigaki City
Ishigaki Island’s Four-Village Pūrii (Harvest Festival)
Ishigaki Island’s harvest festival, where the prayers and performances of four villages ring out
Okinawa Prefecture・Taketomi Town
Shichisai Festival in Sonai and Hoshidate, Iriomote Island
A turning-point festival on Iriomote Island, inviting good fortune from the sea and enlivened by diverse performing arts